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4 UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

WILLIAMnvoGT, oF LoUIsyILLE,'EENTUoKY.

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V i Specification forming part of Letters Patent IVO/35,6411, dated June 17, 1862.

` lTo all .whom it may concern:

Beitknown thatLWILLIAMVoGT, of Louis- 1 ville, in the county of Jefferson, in the State of Kentucky,haveinvented a new and Improved Mode of Fastening Shirt-Buttons; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and `exact description thereof, reference being had "to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. 'The nature of my invention consists in mal;-`

`ing the shirtbnttons of two parts, which are held together by aspri ng, thereby being frinl y attached to the shirt,not being liable to be lost,

`and easilyput on and off. l Y Figure I represents onepart of the button, `and. Fig. II the other,` in profile. i The first part is provided in its center with ahollow, e,

` and the other with apeg, a, which canpbe made either round or oval `or sqliare, and tits into Fig. IV is the back, and Fig.`

VI the front piece, of Fig. IL Fig. shows the interior of it, and is provided with aA hollow e.

What I claim as my invention, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is not the action the spring and lever, but its application to shirt-buttons composed of two parts, thereby prevent-ing them from getting lost and facilitating the iixingof them.

n' wM. voor. Witnesses: i

W. STANGEL, CHS. CONRAD. 

